I have a broken Kistler Magnesium Telescopic flipping stick. It was shipped to me broken and I got a new one that made it to me in one piece. So now I've had a broken rod sitting in my basement for months and I don't know whether to throw it out or what...There's got to be something I can do with the components or pieces, right? It's just snapped right above where it telescopes. Should I just throw it out or is there something I can do with it?

my brother made a striker for a turkey call out of a piece of a broken rod once.

I'd at least keep the reel seat, guides and cork. I would think it would be able to be reused, good question for all the rod builders though.

I'd at least keep the reel seat, guides and cork. I would think it would be able to be reused, good question for all the rod builders though.

That's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure how hard it would be to salvage them.

Keep the guides and tip guide in case something happens to the ones on your regular rod.  You could also design yourself a nice little spooling station out of the handle.  

The guys who repair rods and reels would love to have your broken tackle.

They use them for parts.

So please check with your local tackle shop for the names of the repair guys and contact them.

It will create some great goodwill and if you need their help they will be there for you.  

Keep the guides and tip guide in case something happens to the ones on your regular rod. You could also design yourself a nice little spooling station out of the handle.

That is what I was going to suggest too.

Bassmaster mag had a pretty detailed design in one of their issues a while back.  You may as well get some use out of it...

My grandma uses one of my broken rods to hold up her plants in her garden.

My grandma uses one of my broken rods to hold up her plants in her garden.

My grandma once broke one of my grandads rods on my behind.  :-[

I've seen a gaff made from an old rod. A telescoping gaff would be cool as I seldom have a need for one and it would stow easily.

Break it up into about 8" pieces and throw them at JMU football players.

I used a broken rod to make reamers for building rods.  A little epoxy and some heavy grit sand paper cut into strips.  works good.  The guides can definetly be saved, they are easily removed, especially since you don't have to worry about damaging the blank.

Cliff

Or make a reel respooling station using the handle as a base and make a spool attachment somewhere around the first guide.

In the right hands it could be repaired and used.  It could also be made into a much shorter rod, but would need to be re-built.  Not too difficult really.  If you are just going to toss it I would put it to use...

In the right hands it could be repaired and used. It could also be made into a much shorter rod, but would need to be re-built. Not too difficult really. If you are just going to toss it I would put it to use...

There is only about a foot of rod above the handle...?

Well, Dan, he did say MUCH shorter.... ;D

Maybe you could take up ice fishing?

Ive got it... the Danco pocket fisherman!

Use the graphite to protect your brain from the government's mind control rays.

A rodbuilder can fix it functionally "good as new" if he's willing to do the work.  I'd ask how much it would cost to see if it's worth the expense.  Per Tom Kirkman, a premier builder in High Point, NC, a good repair will use 3 pieces of blank, a graphite piece epoxied to the inside to maintain the backbone and sensitivity of the blank, a second graphite piece over that, cut to length so you maintain the length and original taper of the original rod, and a 3rd piece, fiberglass not graphite, which is epoxied over the repair area to insure the integrity of the repair.  Most rodbuilders have a box of rod blank pieces saved to do repairs and to extend rod lengths.  I have a 7' Rogue rod I did this to and have used it continuously for 5 yrs with no problems whatsoever.  If a repair is not feasible, I'd certainly harvest all the guides off the blank to use as replacements in case you need them.

Well this won't be for this particular rod due to it's short stature now, but I read in Bassmaster, or Field and Stream, can't remember which cause I get so many of those.........anyway, I read to use a broken rod that still has a couple of guides left on it with an old reel you don't use anymore lined with some heavy line to make a lure retriever for deep water.  You could line it with some heavy cheap line, or recycle your old braided line when it's time to change it out on this.  There was a picture of a weight of some type rigged with 3 or 4 pieces of chain about 6 inches long each and the links were tight and small but still large enough to snag in treble hooks and pull free the bait.  Keep it tied onto the short rod and reel, just use it like normal lure retrievers, hook it on the line and let it slide down to the lure and get caught and then pull with the rod until the lure comes free.  Having braided line on would allow for a lot of line stored along with tremendous pulling power, no risk to the rod the bait is currently tied to, and best of all, it can reach baits in DEEP water.

I'll leave it to you guys to work out the details on making the components necessary to use for this.  All I am suggesting is the idea I read about.  I did not do this for myself though as I do not have any old rods to use for it, though I do have a baitcast reel I no longer use.  

Use the graphite to protect your brain from the government's mind control rays.

I've already got a graphite helmet. Anyone else need one?

You must first meld the graphite with aluminium foil. Otherwise you'll just be ticking in the wind.

Hmmm........I made mine entirely out of aluminum foil.

Thought it wasn't working cause I could feel the heat building up from the mind rays but then I realized it was just the aluminum holding in the heat from all the smoking going on inside my head.

Hmmm........I made mine entirely out of aluminum foil.

Don't worry, that's a fairly common mistake.